Who Should I Trade?

Tate Kuehner for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Tate Kuehner SP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 170	‐
VBR	# 436	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	36	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.36	‐
WHIP	1.40	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 160	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 154	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 221	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 230	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Tate Kuehner SP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	7	‐

Innings Pitched	31.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	35	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	33	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	5.81	‐

WHIP	1.58	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Tate Kuehner SP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	‐

Games Started	6	‐

Innings Pitched	34.8	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	34	‐

Earned Runs	17	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	36	‐

Walks	13	‐

ERA	4.36	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Tate Kuehner SP - MIL
News
	Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (shoulder) is close to embarking on a rehab assignment. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	The Brewers have reassigned left-hander Tate Kuehner to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 8th
	Yusei Kikuchi recently began his throwing program and has progressed to playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Yusei Kikuchi said he hopes to start his throwing program soon to return sometime in the early part of the second half. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
	Yusei Kikuchi will be shut down for the next 3 to 4 weeks due to left shoulder inflammation, according to Angels' manager Kurt Suzuki. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 5th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA			Tate Kuehner SP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Mon, May 25th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Wed, Jul 1st				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs STL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Tate Kuehner for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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